“Late Night” with Fallon

The changes in late night television are about to dominate the discussion here. We’ve known for four years that Jay Leno will hand off to Conan O’Brien in the NBC “Tonight Show” host slot. NBC is set to announce here Monday that Jimmy Fallon

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will inherit the “Late Night” gig from O’Brien in the spring.

But Fallon will get a pre=TV launch on the Internet where the audience tends to be younger and where he can do material that he can’t do on TV, Lorne Michaels told critics here. The “Saturday Night Live” producer and executive producer of “Late Night,” said nightly web downloads by Fallon will be available this fall.

Late night, once a draw for young male viewers, in recent years has felt new competition from videogaming, Internet and other sources. And where will Leno land? Is ABC making a bid for his services? More to come.

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